Rack for magazines and the like



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3 9 5 2765 37 5 F as In/venifoz': Red 17. 1 6/7 3 Patented June 20, 1939 UNITED STATES RACK FOR MAGAZINES AND THE LIKE Fred D. Farr, Mamaroneck, N. Y., assignor to Revere Copper and Brass Incorporated, Rome, N. Y., a, corporation of Maryland Application April 28, 1936, Serial No. 76,783

1 Claim.

My invention relates to a support or rack for magazines and other articles of similar shape, and will be best understood from the following description when read in the light of the accompanying drawings of an embodiment of the invention, while the scope of the invention will be more particularly pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings:

Fig. l is a side elevation of the rack constructed according to the invention;

Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the rack according to Fig. 1 with parts broken away; and

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33 of Fig. 1

with parts broken away.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings, the rack illustrated comprises a base I formed of a fiat sheet of metal opposite ends of which are bent to form tubular-like portions 3. At opposite ends of these tubular portions are spheres 5 of greater diameter than said tubular portions, these spheres being held firmly against said ends by rods 1 the ends of which are screwthreaded into tapped holes formed in the spheres, as indicated at 9. In this construction the spheres are adapted to rest upona supporting surface as, for example, the flat top of a table.

Extending upwardly from the center portion of the base of the rack is a vertically positioned, fiat, tubular member ll opposite sides I3 of which form abutments against which the flat sides of magazines M are adapted to rest.

As shown, the upwardly extending tubular member H at its upper end carries a member l5, which may be of molded composition material, having an opening I? through which the fingers may be inserted, thus facilitating use of the member as a handle grip. As illustrated, the

member I5 is fiat, having a thickness approximately the width of the narrow interior dimension of the tubular member H, enabling the upper end of the tubular member to be cut away, as illustrated in Fig. 2, to provide at opposite sides of the member l5 projecting lugs l9 secured to the member [5 by rivets 2|.

At opposite sides of the upwardly extending tubular member I I are spring members S formed of flat, resilient sheet metal of uniform thickness. As shown, each of these members is bent or coiled to provide an upwardly extending portion 23 which is outwardly bowed relative to the adjacent side I3 of the member II, and to provide a free terminal portion which presents a convex surface 25 adapted to contact with the flat side of a magazine and hold it against the adjacent side I 3 of the member II. The lower ends of the spring members are fixed to the base by screws 21 and 29, thus enabling the spring members to uncoil to permit insertion of maga- 5 zines between them and the member II. This uncoiling tends to occur mostly at the portions of greatest radius of curvature, that is to say, at the inclined portions of the spring members which extend upwardly from the base to roughly 10 the point where they begin to turn toward the member H, and to accentuate this efiect the spring members, as illustrated, are tapered longitudinally, being of narrowest width adjacent the base. As indicated in Fig. 1, the magazines 1:; rest upon the lower portions of the spring members and, for reinforcing these portions, beneath them are positioned relatively narrow, flexible reinforcing springs 3| of sheet metal which also are fixed to the base by the screws 29. 20

As illustrated, the springs 3| at opposite sides of the member II are integral, while the coiled spring members S are formed of separate pieces of metal. The tubular member II at its lower end receives a block 33 secured thereto by rivets 25 35, the screws 29 being tapped into this block and extending through perforations in the members S and 3i so that the screws 29 act not only to secure these members to the base but to secure thereto the tubular member II. The screws 2'! 30 extend through perforations in the spring members S and are tapped into the base.

It will be observed that in the rack described means is provided which presents a base adapted to rest upon a supporting surface, also a pair of 35 spaced abutments above the base against which the flat side of a magazine is adapted to rest, the spacing of these abutments being less than the width of the base so as to make a compact device. 40

It will be understood that within the scope of the appended claim wide deviations may be made from the forms of the invention illustrated and described without departing from the spirit of the invention. 45

I claim:

A rack for magazines and the like having, in combination, vertically extending means opposite sides of which form an abutment against which the sides of magazines are adapted to rest, 50 a fiat elongated strip of flexible spring material at each side of said vertically extending means coiled to present a scroll and having an end in fixed relation to said means, each scroll having a flexible upwardly and outwardly bowed portion 55 extending outwardly from adjacent the abutment formed by said means providing an extensible support portion upon which the edges of magazines are adapted to rest and having a free por- 5 tion opposed to said means for engaging the sides of magazines resting upon said extensible portion and holding them against said means, and a supporting base for said rack carrying said 

